“We will definitely be getting it early next year. As to [exactly] when I can’t say, but we’ll hopefully have some more details before the end of this year,”Asus UK technical PR Adam King told Techradar.

“It [the Padfone 2] will be coming, but the first Padfone launched not long ago so we will need to leave a bit of room for it. It is the head office’s decision. We will need to get the telcos to test it here as they work slightly different to rest of the world,”ASUS spokesperson told PC World Australia.